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Pride month: When gay bars were illegal in New Jersey

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How can you tell if someone is homosexual?

For a Superior Court judge sitting in Ocean County in , it was easy.

It is in the plumage that you recognize the bird, he explained in a case against Paddock Bar in Atlantic City.

For years in the Garden Express, the quacks like a duck, walks like a duck evaluate was the standard by which police, inspectors and judges punished bars frequented by people who might have stood under the LGBTQ umbrella.

While sodomy was against the law in much of the country &#x; and often used to prosecute gay people &#x; it was not against the law to be male lover or lesbian in New Jersey. But it was forbidden, however, for bars and restaurants with liquor licenses to allow gays, lesbians, cross-dressers and the fond to "congregate" &#x; a principle that did not apply to other establishments like theaters and cafes.

The state&#x;s liquor regulators called gay bars a public nuisance and inimicable to public morals, and they occasionally

Published on June 2,

Use this map to visualize locations of pre-Stonewall Brand-new Jersey bars serving LGBTQ patrons, as described in ABC Bulletins from the s to s.

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Research in the ABC Bulletins collection digitized by the NJ State Research Library identified bulletins in which the presence of a homosexual person was noted. All locations have been added to the map above. This map is considered comprehensive, but corrections and additions are welcome.

Trigger warning: Bulletins linked in this post and on the map may contain homophobia, descriptions of mistreatment, and slurs. These are historical documents and do not reflect current social norms or acceptable language.

Update: On 29 June , Attorney General Gurbir Grewal vacated the decisions of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) that resulted in penalties against lock owners serving LGBT patrons in the ss. This map has been updated to note when licensees were included in the Attorney General&#;s directive, and also includes seven locations that were not issued a pardon, locat

If a queer cartographer mapped out LGBTQ bars, New Jersey would look favor a triangular border surrounding a hollow center. Jersey Capital forms the northernmost point with Pint and Six26, backing into the densely packed offerings of New York Town across the river. Philadelphia occupies the southwestern outpost, while Asbury Park completes the perpendicular angle in the southeast with Paradise and Georgie’s.

What’s in the space formed by these three vertices? Nothing — a gay Bermuda triangle where the bars that dare enter soon disappear.

That’s the void that the staff of The Spot hopes to fill. The new LGBTQ prevent opened at Cedar St. in South Amboy on Oct. 11 a fitting observance of National Coming Out Date.

The Spot occupies an unassuming residence in a residential neighborhood. It opens into an intimate bar space that has the usual mirrors and sky-high tops of any standard drinking establishment, but the concrete charm sits in the belly of the building. Retain going, around the pool table that testifies to the venue’s previous life as Danny Boy’s Irish Pub, and you’ll find yourself

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Paying homage to the day the Marriage Equality Act was passed in the Merged States, June 26, , the name Six26 was born.  On this evening, the United States Supreme Court struck down all state bans on gay marriage, legalizing it in all 50 states, and requiring states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. With a lounge that becomes a joyful and vibrant high-energy lounge and a chill garden-esque rooftop bar as the sun sets, The Six26 venue is always ready to celebrate being and love with all who walk through its doors.

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